Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kty.) has filed a class action lawsuit against President Barack Obama and members of the country's intelligence community over the National Security Agency's collection of phone metadata.

According to The Washington Post, Paul and Matt Kibbe, president of Freedomworks, a conservative organizing group, filed the suit Wednesday morning in D.C. District Court.

According to the suit, in addition to the president, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper,
Director of the National Security Agency Keith Alexander and FBI Director,
James Comey are named as defendants.